light-fingered in the Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary

Translations for light-fingered in the English»French Dictionary (Go to French»English)

Translations for light-fingered in the French»English Dictionary (Go to English»French)

I.chapard|eur (chapardeuse) [ʃapaʀdœʀ, øz] inf ADJ

II.chapard|eur (chapardeuse) [ʃapaʀdœʀ, øz] inf N m (f)

I.vol|eur (voleuse) [vɔlœʀ, øz] ADJ

II.vol|eur (voleuse) [vɔlœʀ, øz] N m (f)

III.vol|eur (voleuse) [vɔlœʀ, øz]

IV.vol|eur (voleuse) [vɔlœʀ, øz]

I.traîner, trainer [tʀɛne] VB trans

II.traîner, trainer [tʀɛne] VB intr

III.se traîner VB refl

IV.traîner, trainer [tʀɛne]

light-fingered in the PONS Dictionary

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Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English
Owning a safe today is more than shutting a heavy steel door on the light-fingered.
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Fortunately, a light-fingered pickpocket is on hand to embark on a perilous quest through a world of magic and mystery to break the bewitchment.
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Who else splices so much light-fingered subtlety with so many fervent (and occasionally cruel) opinions?
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Dementia is more like a light-fingered but utterly implacable thief: it steals our memories, our future, our sense of time and place, the words we use, the loves we cherish.
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Going into the psychology of the light-fingered ones will perhaps reveal how books disappear.
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When he has contacted light-fingered magicians in the past, they have always apologized and stopped performing the trick.
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Sixty theft suspensions were picked up by light-fingered students.
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There have been cases of light-fingered flatmates pilfering money.
www.stuff.co.nz
Police are planning to increase surveillance in a bid to reduce car crime and, with luck, identify the light-fingered car jammer fiends.?
www.theregister.co.uk
It's not the only plant that appeals to the light-fingered.
www.independent.co.uk

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